Amazing Animals
This is where we keep our fav' underwater animals - be they primitive, be they blind, or be they
cave-dwelling, they will be here.
The Trigger Fish can shoot a jet of water at a sea urchin to knock it over so it can use its sharp
teeth to eat the unprotected underside.
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The Lion Fish has fancy, long fins that contain deadly poison. The lion fish uses its fins to attack
other fish and protect itself. Also, the Lion Fish is considered a delicacy, and the fins must be
removed carefully as to not harm the eater or the chef.
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The Porcupine Fish can fill itself with water so it looks bigger than it really is. Its main defense is
it quills, and if it is swallowed by a predator, it can choke its adversary into submission.
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The Sea Anemone might look like a beautiful flower, but is really a pugnacious predator packing
a paralyzing poison. When it senses prey, it unfurls its tentacles trying to grab it. When the
tentacles sense pressure, the barbles, which are its "stingers," resting in a pool venom, whip the
creature injecting the paralyzing poison. Then the tentacles pull the pray into the Anemone's
mouth.
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The Sea Cucumber a, very primitive creature, may look like a vegetable, but really is a sea slug-like creature with an extremely odd defense. When a predator is detected the Sea Cucumber
springs in to action by flipping itself inside-out! The predator sensing a disease in this creature
goes away as the Sea Cucumber slowly grows back it's skin.
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Last Updated March 31, 1998 by Roxanne and Cory